Jesus H. Christ, this sounds EXACTLY like Metallica, kind of what they would sound like after the Black album and before Load. What happened to the thrashy riffs, the In Flamesque screams, the 3 guitar attack? If the rest of the album sounds like this, I will be EXTREMELY disappointed, but will probably still pick it up just because I like this band so much, you can see if you agree with me here:
http://www.metalblade.com/bands/beyond_the_embrace/index2004.html
http://www.metalblade.com/bands/beyond_the_embrace/index2004.html